First impressions of Natal.

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#1 bphan
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http://www.gamesthirst.com/2010/06/02/natal-is-the-real-deal-no-lag/#more-7983

Hour zero for Project Natal is just around the corner, lucky members of the media are getting their first play test with natal just before E3. The latest hands-on impressions come straight from Dublin by video games website, The Gaming Liberty. Two skeptics from TGL attended a behind closed doors first look at Microsoft's Project Natal and theiroverall consensus was extremelypositive, shedding some light on Natal's possible lag problem.

" We skeptical types were treated to about 15 minutes of Natal time and honestly we can tell you that Natal, even from this small insight, is every skeptic's nightmare. Within seconds of standing before the device for the very first time, we skeptical types were left reeling in shame for any inclinations of 'doubt' or 'skepticism' we had about Natal to this point. Natal is the real deal, plays like a dream and proves us skeptics irrevocably wrong. This dream is every skeptic's nightmare because it proves us all to be very mistaken.. "

" It's a powerful experience. Alex's avatar was incredibly responsive and he was punching, kicking and kneeing red balls at every discernable angle with different distributions of weight with no lag or no delays. "

" My Ricochet avatar was incredibly responsive. Any pose, any movement, anything, was recreated instantly on screen. Even jumping on the spot or twisting my upper body saw the avatar doing so too. Bending my knees, inverting them inwards or clapping my hands was again perfectly reiterated by my avatar. No lag, no delay and no thinking."

" Before playing Natal we had so many questions and after our 15 minutes and actually playing it, we have so many more questions. Natal is the real deal."

Interesting indeed. We shall see.

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#2 GreenGoblin2099
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But... did he get to see how the bottom of his shoe looks like??

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#3 wolverine4262
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sounds great. Cant wait for E3...
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#4 nintendo-4life
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Natal is very interesting, but for some reason I'm just not that excited :( but hopefully E3 with rare's next game will change that :D
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#5 dontshackzmii
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boo microsoft

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#6 rickatick
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Can't be denied, natal's legit.
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#7 ProjectNatalFan
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in before people will blindly hate on Natal

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#8 RavenLoud
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"Closed environment"

Inb4itsaconspiracy.

It would nice if true, grats to the Natal team to have eliminated the lag.Wonder how the color thing is going (it couldn't read black as of GDC 2010)

Now they could just show more stuff than that ricochet ball thing, it's certainly going to take more than that game to sell Natal.

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#9 Respawn-d
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Did they fix the prob were it couldnt see black people.

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Did they fix the prob were it couldnt see black people.

Respawn-d

Yes, they hired white people to follow black people.

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#11 aia89
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call me casual, but Natal is what I'm looking forward the most. it has great potential

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#12 DarkerKamikaze
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call me casual, but Natal is what I'm looking forward the most. it has great potential

aia89

Call me evil, but I hope both Natal and Move flop. I hate motion controls.

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#13 aznfool07
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[QUOTE="Respawn-d"]

Did they fix the prob were it couldnt see black people.

GreenGoblin2099

Yes, they hired white people to follow black people.

Lol that episode was funny.
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#14 Diviniuz
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Add a treadmill to sense movement (taking steps in game) with Natal, and I'd probably never leave my house ever again. Imagine playing oblivion!
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#15 karasill
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My real concern is how far away must you be for it to recognize you. Some people dont have a lot of room to spare so I'm wondering how this will play out into the public.. If you have to be at least 8 feet away from the device I can see this product failing to be a true success.
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#18 Cherokee_Jack
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So they weren't totally lying about its capabilities. Impressive!
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#19 TheXFiles88
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"Closed environment"

Inb4itsaconspiracy.

It would nice if true, grats to the Natal team to have eliminated the lag.Wonder how the color thing is going (it couldn't read black as of GDC 2010)

Now they could just show more stuff than that ricochet ball thing, it's certainly going to take more than that game to sell Natal.

RavenLoud

I don't know where you got that impression from. But at E3 2009, Natal had not problem of reading these black skin guys/gal even with black clothes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytYvxNrH1s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OBjO1HYOc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEZ1SZ3d_rE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBOv4wsddo&feature=related

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#20 monson21502
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[QUOTE="DarkerKamikaze"]

[QUOTE="aia89"]

call me casual, but Natal is what I'm looking forward the most. it has great potential

Call me evil, but I hope both Natal and Move flop. I hate motion controls.

they wont take over main games like it has on the wii. think sony and ms are just looking for the kids and family markets with party games
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#21 monson21502
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[QUOTE="TheXFiles88"]

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"]

"Closed environment"

Inb4itsaconspiracy.

It would nice if true, grats to the Natal team to have eliminated the lag.Wonder how the color thing is going (it couldn't read black as of GDC 2010)

Now they could just show more stuff than that ricochet ball thing, it's certainly going to take more than that game to sell Natal.

I don't know where you got that impression from. But at E3 2009, Natal had not problem of reading these black skin guys/gal even with black clothes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytYvxNrH1s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OBjO1HYOc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEZ1SZ3d_rE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBOv4wsddo&feature=related

yeah ive seen basketball and other sports stars playing it last year.
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#23 mike_on_mic
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I never doubted the ability of Natal to be used for games like Ricochet, it is the other games that I am sure like me, everyone is wanting to know how it will work.
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#24 locopatho
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No matter how well it works, it's destined for failure simply by being an optional add-on. It practically demands a lack of developer support. Even those that do take the enormous risk of developing Natal games will be operating with a comparitively low budget (Ricochet, anyone?). The rest will use it as an alternate or supplemental control scheme at best, leaving no room for innovation as it's functionality will be almost completely limited to mapping body gestures to button presses. It's all wasted potential.

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What if the Xbox 720 is released next year with Natal as standard :o
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#25 killB_O_T
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[QUOTE="Ginosaji"]

No matter how well it works, it's destined for failure simply by being an optional add-on. It practically demands a lack of developer support. Even those that do take the enormous risk of developing Natal games will be operating with a comparitively low budget (Ricochet, anyone?). The rest will use it as an alternate or supplemental control scheme at best, leaving no room for innovation as it's functionality will be almost completely limited to mapping body gestures to button presses. It's all wasted potential.

locopatho
What if the Xbox 720 is released next year with Natal as standard :o

Unlikely no new Xbox for at least 2 years
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#26 SecretPolice
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I really want to see all the games for Natal like Rare's....

Diddy Kong Racing clone. :o

After E3 we should all know much more about all this Natal ummm, stuff.

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#27 goblaa
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[QUOTE="Respawn-d"]

Did they fix the prob were it couldnt see black people.

GreenGoblin2099

Yes, they hired white people to follow black people.

That was the best episode.

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#28 haziqonfire
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It's good technology, however, not something I'd want to use for gaming. I'm more interested in the interface stuff then the actual gaming part of natal, like moving panels on NXE with a swipe of your hand.
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#29 MattDistillery
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Are they showing anything other than this ricothce (Spelling) game? Because as far as I can tell its more of a squash simulator which only involves one moving part being considered with the arm acting as a bat...... It seems a long way away from a full Fable game there expecting to implement.

Has anyone seen it working in multiplayer yet aswell? Does it currently have the capibility to focus on more than one player?

It will be intresting to see what developments it takes.